Trades Union Congress - International Issues

The TUC has produced a range of education materials to raise awareness about international development within the British trade union movement. Covering a broad range of topics, these materials explain why international development is a trade union issue and why trade unionists are in an excellent position to do something about it:

International Development Digest: a trade union digest of organisations and resources on international development.
Development Education Fact Files: covering slavery and forced labour, refugees and migrant workers, trade and trade unions, international development and global sports supply chains
HIV/AIDS Digest: a digest of information and resources on the developmental implications of HIV/AIDS and how trade unions can tackle this scourge.
International Health and Safety Workbook: this popular workbook helps trade unionists understand how we can “globalise” international health and safety standards.
Target 2015 – halving World Poverty booklet: a guide for trade unionists on the Millennium Development Goals.
Economic Partnership Agreements trade talks led by the EU are threatening millions of jobs and livelihoods across Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific countries.
Going Global: online course on trade union and international development
Corporate Social Responsibility, Negotiator's Guide published by Prospect.

Much of this material has been made possible due to funding from the Department for International Development (DFID) since 2002. The current funding arrangement is the Strategic Framework Partnership Arrangement (SFPA). For further information please contact Ben Moxham: bmoxham@tuc.org.uk

The TUC and Prospect agree that employees and union representatives should be enagaged in developing and implementing CSR policies that benefit workers in the developing world. This handy Negotiator's Guide published by Prospect Union, enables union...

This new TUC Fact File contains a series of fact sheets and activities to help trade union tutors and activists inform others about the unfair labour practices in the global sporting goods industry and how to tackle them in the lead-up to London 2012

This brief covers the key achievements of the TUC's Strategic Framework Partnership Arrangement (SFPA) with the Department for International Development (DFID) during its second year (July 2007 to June 2008). It also touches on key plans for the fina...

Common lobbying positions have been adopted by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, which the International Trade Union Confederation is a key part of. It should be read alongside the trade union submission to the G8 summit at www.tuac.org/en/p...

Prospect has secured funding from the Department for International Development's Development Awareness Fund, to enable its members to introduce measures in their workplaces to help people in the developing world achieve fairness and justice.

The NUT is making great strides in setting up its "ICT Skills for Women Teachers Programme" with the Sierra Leone Teachers' Union in Sierra Leone. The pilot programme is funded under the TUC's International Development Learning Fund, itself funded by...

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Trades Union Congress: International Issues

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